Gillilbrand’s Office: Oops.

Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand’s office says it did in fact call people the day of her Town Hall meeting on Monday, not the day before as it initially claimed.

Gillibrand spokeswoman Rachel McEneny said she erroneously thoughtÂ calls went out on Sunday alerting people of the nextÂ day’sÂ call-in event, and that people phoned into it themselves. In fact, she said, she has since learned the calls went out just before the meeting, and that people were invited to stay on the line if they wanted to participate.

“It was an honest mistake,” she said, apologizing for the misinformation.

She added, though, that the 3,499 participants “was still an extraordinary amount,” and that the vendor says it was a higher volume that it has seen in other districts that have tried the technology.